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I heard and excellent idea- instead of building an oil pipeline from Canada to the USA, how about a WATER pipeline?

Imagine, the person who told me this said, what a kind of "damage" a pipeline leak would create: GREEN GROWING PLANTS.

I love it!

Oh, don't believe that groundhog, BRENDA!

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Sorry to hear about your mom JSF. But it sounds like maybe she's doing better then?

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Sorry to hear about your mom JSF. But it sounds like maybe she's doing better then?

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Hospice comfort Care means end of life waiting. The blood clot is expected to remain, or worsen, she is expected to never be the same again.
They were expecting hours. It may be days or weeks.

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Sorry to hear about your mom JSF. But it sounds like maybe she's doing better then?

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Hospice comfort Care means end of life waiting. The blood clot is expected to remain, or worsen, she is expected to never be the same again.
They were expecting hours. It may be days or weeks.

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Sorry to hear about your mom JSF. But it sounds like maybe she's doing better then?

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Hospice comfort Care means end of life waiting. The blood clot is expected to remain, or worsen, she is expected to never be the same again.
They were expecting hours. It may be days or weeks.

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Im sorry too, JSF.

Was she on a ventilator, or just O2 by nose?

I'm surprised they didn't try a clot-busting drug. They use it for heart attacks and strokes, why not for her?

In any case, when you visit, talk to her. Read to her. Hold her hand. Bring her perfume that you know she likes, if any. She won't feel so alone, and even when sight fails sound, touch, and smell remain. If there really is no hope, you want her to be as peaceful as possible, so comfort her in whatever way you can. The worst things to feel after someone dies are guilt and regret. I've felt both nd it's something you never escape.

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Well, if misery loves compnay, my sis sent me pix from western NY the day before Easter, and they had 1" or so of wet snow. Unfortuntely, since they tend t get whatever you get, just a day later, it looks like they're in for more of the same.

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You have a portable table saw??? I didn't know they made such things! Hubby has a woodworking table saw and he's seriously thinking of getting rid of it. So if you have a good substitute let me know what I can look for online just to get an idea of what's available.

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Back from supper and I survived the religion.

Not sure how much longer I'll be working. The lady I work for just gave up her accountant in Ontario and doesn't like paper work. Not that she liked it in the first place.

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Well, I can get Season 6 of "Shetland" on YouTube. My library doesn't have it. Interesting start to this round. Jimmy's mum is gone and his dad isnae in a good way.

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Well, if misery loves compnay, my sis sent me pix from western NY the day before Easter, and they had 1" or so of wet snow. Unfortuntely, since they tend t get whatever you get, just a day later, it looks like they're in for more of the same.

Sigh.


You have a portable table saw??? I didn't know they made such things! Hubby has a woodworking table saw and he's seriously thinking of getting rid of it. So if you have a good substitute let me know what I can look for online just to get an idea of what's available.

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Yeah. Portable-ish. The only problem is that if you don't make it stay put then it might want to float on the ground depending on how big a piece you're working with. The 300+ lb Craftsman does no such thing.

This Skilsaw one I have comes with the legs, but they make portable ones that you put on a table or workbench. I know a guy who has a DeWalt like that and he always puts a board on horses to seat it. It weighs more than my Skilsaw and doesn't even have legs.

I don't know what they'd be called, but you'd probably find them in a google search. My step dad gave me this one when he didn't take it when they moved.

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Here's a few I found today. I just put in "portable table saw" without the quotes.

https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200942733_200942733?cm
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https://www.grainger.com/product/54XX83?ef_id=CjwKCAjwu_mSBhAYEiwA5BBm
fx0JdPAe-wxp7DdpTFuuYTPuCRx5UKDnGtv_CM3w2iVot7TChyS0wxoCjvEQAvD_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!2966!3!496359977410!!!g!439482086828!&gucid=N:N:PS:Paid:GGL:CSM-2295:4P7A1P:20501231&gclid=CjwKCAjwu_mSBhAYEiwA5BBmfx0JdPAe-wxp7DdpTFuuYTPuCRx5UKDnGtv_CM3w2iVot7TChyS0wxoCjvEQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

https://www.amazon.com/SKIL-Amp-Inch-Table-Saw/dp/B08F9RFJ2K/ref=asc_d
f_B08F9RFJ2K/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=475689981997&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5146239188221155032&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016186&hvtargid=pla-996258277858&psc=1

I figured my Skilsaw was on the cheap end of the spectrum. It's pretty lousy compared to my
Craftsman beast, but the portability of it makes it 10 times as useful for me. The one advertised
here looks much newer, and the legs are quite a bit different than mine. They look to be
adjustable, while mine were just static metal legs. They also appear to have rubber feet,
which I would imagine would do a much better job keeping the unit put as long as the floor
it was on was clean and dry.

The Dewalt in the first link is similar to what the guy I know has. It's probably 3 times
as heavy as my table saw is, and it doesn't even have legs. It's got really nice handles
on the base for moving it though, and it has a decent center of gravity so I don't have any
problems lugging it or worrying about hurting my back. I'm sure they would be happy to sell
you some expensive legs, although I'm sure somebody as handy as your husband would be able
to make some sort of table for it. Maybe even with some locking castor wheels so he could
freely move it around and then lock it into place.




Personally, I would go with the Dewalt if I wanted one that was going to work for years and
remain accurate. I'm not doing any fine woodworking with my Skilsaw, so I'm not worried
that the angle isn't exactly 0 degrees (Something I know for a fact when I ripped those 4x4's
I had into 2x4's.)


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Back from supper and I survived the religion.

Not sure how much longer I'll be working. The lady I work for just gave up her accountant in Ontario and doesn't like paper work. Not that she liked it in the first place.

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Surely there are other CPAs closer to home!

I used to hire people to watch our dear daughter after school, and I didn't think the paperwork was all THAT complicated. Maybe its different in Canada. But all I had to do was pay state taxes quarterly, and pay the Federal Household Help taxes with annual income taxes. Of course, being a doctor, if she has (had?) her own practice instead of being on staff with an institution she would have to handle the business end of her taxes too.

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Well, I can get Season 6 of "Shetland" on YouTube. My library doesn't have it. Interesting start to this round. Jimmy's mum is gone and his dad isnae in a good way.

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Fair warning: I hated Season 6, especially how it ended. But most ppl LOVED it, so maybe you will, too.

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Surely there are other CPAs closer to home!

I used to hire people to watch our dear daughter after school, and I didn't think the paperwork was all THAT complicated. Maybe its different in Canada. But all I had to do was pay state taxes quarterly, and pay the Federal Household Help taxes with annual income taxes. Of course, being a doctor, if she has (had?) her own practice instead of being on staff with an institution she would have to handle the business end of her taxes too.

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Accountant was getting to expensive and she's retired now from doctoring anyways. She also feels like she can handle all her cooking and baking herself now. So, it is just play it by ear. If she calls me to come and do something then I will go but I'm not really of a mind to phone her. She tried to fob the paperwork off on me and I said no.

From the website for Canada it does seem to involve a bit more. She pulled up the Government website while I was there and started looking at it. There is provincial stuff and federal stuff on it.

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Surely there are other CPAs closer to home!

I used to hire people to watch our dear daughter after school, and I didn't think the paperwork was all THAT complicated. Maybe its different in Canada. But all I had to do was pay state taxes quarterly, and pay the Federal Household Help taxes with annual income taxes. Of course, being a doctor, if she has (had?) her own practice instead of being on staff with an institution she would have to handle the business end of her taxes too.

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Accountant was getting to expensive and she's retired now from doctoring anyways. She also feels like she can handle all her cooking and baking herself now. So, it is just play it by ear. If she calls me to come and do something then I will go but I'm not really of a mind to phone her. She tried to fob the paperwork off on me and I said no.

From the website for Canada it does seem to involve a bit more. She pulled up the Government website while I was there and started looking at it. There is provincial stuff and federal stuff on it.

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Too bad we live so far away, Brenda. Unless you've got some more involved things that I'm not privy to, your taxes probably aren't super complex. I'd say that in the 20 or so years I've done my own that there were probably only 3 years that were complex, especially when I bought the house and moved a lot of money around to do it.

I used to really enjoy doing taxes, but I think as the years go by I've gotten bored of doing them. But I enjoyed helping my Aunt get hers done this year. It was the first time I'd done somebody else's since my brother got married. I did his for years before that, but I told him that they'd need to get an accountant because I didn't want to know how much his wife made once they started filing jointly.

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Got back on that ladder for 8 hours and painted two coats on them. Tons of compliments all around, so I'm pleased they're pleased.



Went over to my grandma's and had dinner there and ended up staying overnight again. I brought my limb cutter and cut away a few trashcans worth of limbs from a tree that was right up against the house, then I went and got the same ant bait that I used a few years back to take care of her ant problem that is starting to get out of control. Just overnight it was amazing how many we got. I had no idea her problem had gotten that bad. Should be taken care of in a day or two now. Helped my aunt get her new A/C into her apartment and will be going back one day soon to install it for her.

When I got back home I got about another $140 worth of free after rebate stuff that I paid for with a rebate so there wasn't any sales tax. More good stuff to give away as gifts.

Another few good days.





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Yeah. I was actually thinking about my other grandma today who passed away around 7 years ago now. She was quite a bit better off than this grandma, but she was always offering me some money to come out and fix this or that or paint this or that for her when she had no problem paying pros to do the work. I know she just wanted to see me instead of talking o the phone like we frequently did. I rarely ever made it out there because I rarely ever made it out of my house because of the drinking.

I try not thinking about it too much because you can't go back and it makes me sad. A part of me just really hopes she sees me now and is smiling. I'm not making all the right choices now, but I'm really trying.



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SIX, you keep taking care of yourself and helping your family you'll have no regrets later.

Good on you!

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Had to walk up 10 flights of stairs again as the new elevator which has only been in operation for a week decided stop today. Then I walked down the ten flights to go out for my walk. Came back and it was working again the repair guy had just finished it. Thank goodness.

Another lady who lives in the building told me it went out last week. I must have just missed that episode.

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Had to walk up 10 flights of stairs again as the new elevator which has only been in operation for a week decided stop today. Then I walked down the ten flights to go out for my walk. Came back and it was working again the repair guy had just finished it. Thank goodness.

Another lady who lives in the building told me it went out last week. I must have just missed that episode.

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Now that you've been forced to do it for a while, maybe you should just keep using the stairs? Especially at 10 flights, that's a nice little work out that you can force on yourself if it's something you feel is manageable.

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Had to walk up 10 flights of stairs again as the new elevator which has only been in operation for a week decided stop today. Then I walked down the ten flights to go out for my walk. Came back and it was working again the repair guy had just finished it. Thank goodness.

Another lady who lives in the building told me it went out last week. I must have just missed that episode.

SIX: How are you getting around these days, Brenda?

Now that you've been forced to do it for a while, maybe you should just keep using the stairs? Especially at 10 flights, that's a nice little work out that you can force on yourself if it's something you feel is manageable.

BRENDA: Most of my errands when I am out I do on foot. To get to the pharmacy I use for my meds I take the bus there and back. When I am working I walk there and back.

I only walk the 10 flights of stairs in my building when I have to as it is quite a strain on me when I have to carry things, like my laundry yesterday. And the last time it was groceries back in.

I am taking it easy today and hitting the shower in a bit to get some hot water to ease my slightly sore muscles.

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Had to walk up 10 flights of stairs again as the new elevator which has only been in operation for a week decided stop today. Then I walked down the ten flights to go out for my walk. Came back and it was working again the repair guy had just finished it. Thank goodness.

Another lady who lives in the building told me it went out last week. I must have just missed that episode.

SIX: How are you getting around these days, Brenda?

Now that you've been forced to do it for a while, maybe you should just keep using the stairs? Especially at 10 flights, that's a nice little work out that you can force on yourself if it's something you feel is manageable.

BRENDA: Most of my errands when I am out I do on foot. To get to the pharmacy I use for my meds I take the bus there and back. When I am working I walk there and back.

I only walk the 10 flights of stairs in my building when I have to as it is quite a strain on me when I have to carry things, like my laundry yesterday. And the last time it was groceries back in.

I am taking it easy today and hitting the shower in a bit to get some hot water to ease my slightly sore muscles.

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We have a neighbrhood grocery store within walking distance. As far as grocery stores do, it's quite small, but much more than a convenience store. I've walked there to get some forgotten things, but I have to say.. carrying a gallon of milk and a few other groceries is tedious!!!

Do you have one of those two-wheeled carts?
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I hope the shower did you good!

After four days of yardwork, I'm feeling it too.



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